After the immortal disappeared

"I saw that if I joined the Black Armor Army, not only would I be provided with food and drink, but I could also earn a net profit of three taels of silver every month, and the monthly settlement was never in arrears. If I killed an enemy on the battlefield, I would earn one tael of silver for each one I killed. This was such a good deal! Killing people with a sense of justice, and making money with a sense of justice, then naturally the more you kill, the more motivated you will be! Just one month after joining the army, I fought a fierce battle and almost had my hand chopped off—"

He rolled up his sleeves, and Fan Shuang saw a long scar on his arm.

"——But I killed six people in one go, one of whom was the leader, and I made a net profit of nine taels. It was so cool!"

Fan Shuang didn't know what to say for a moment.

Tu Shanfang scratched his head. "My brother has been working as a farmhand in the local rich man's house for six years. He only earns one or two or three coins every two and a half months! He usually eats bran and has not seen shredded meat for half a year. His teeth are worn out. It's nothing like the food of the Black Armor Army. Tsk! During the three months I joined the Black Armor Army, I was either fighting or traveling every day, and I ended up gaining six pounds!"

Fan Shuang also smiled. He had already seen Yang Shan's logistics and support capabilities. If He Xiao was second in Flash Gold, no one would dare to claim first place.

To show his gratitude, he ordered a large table of dishes, picking only the best. Although Tu Shanfang didn't drink, he was happy and comfortable eating, and he was a sentimental person, so he opened up the conversation.

"Two months ago, the army passed by my hometown, and I went back to see my mother." Tu Shanfang tilted his head back and took a sip of warm tea. "Oh, my mouth is dry, but my mother and wife closed the door and refused to let me in. They told me to rot outside."

Fan Shuang didn't know how to respond, so she could only laugh: "Brother Tu, you don't go home often, right?"

"No. How can I go back without money? The last time I went home was two years ago, no, four years ago!" Tu Shanfang himself was not embarrassed, but Fan Shuang was embarrassed. "The little money I made before was not enough for my own food and drink, how could I bring money home? Three times, my second uncle and fourth uncle and I went out to do business, and I took the money from my mother and relatives. In the end, I lost all my pants and owed a lot of debts. The fourth time, my mother refused to lend me money, so I..."

Tu Shanfang chuckled twice, and Fan Shuang was speechless for a while.

"Later, I went out to avoid my creditors. They came to my house and smashed it. They also broke my mother's leg. We didn't have money to treat it. My mother called me a jinx and didn't look at me in a good mood. From then on, I knew that I could only do business that didn't require any capital."

"Is it easy to make money from a business with no capital?"

"Of course it's not easy to make money. I can't pick a few fat sheep throughout the year. Even if I do, I won't get the big money." The boss can eat meat, and the younger brothers can only drink soup. "Once we caught a merchant. He didn't have much money, but he was fair-skinned. At that time, our bandit leader wanted to kill him and eat his meat. I thought it was wrong, so I released him privately. As a result, I was beaten so hard that I couldn't get out of the ground for half a month."

Luckily, he was tough and nothing happened. "Then the Black Armored Army came. I didn't expect that because of this man's plea, the Black Armored Army spared my life."

Fan Shuang touched his nose: "How many children do you have?"

"Three, all boys."

Fan Shuang took a long time to say: "Your wife is very capable. She was able to raise three sons."

Although the Gold Plains were poor, the birth rate was not low at all. If you had few sons, you would definitely be bullied in the local area.

"My wife cursed me all day long, saying that I would be left dead in the wilderness and eaten by wild dogs."

"..." Fan Shuang was silent. It is said that family disgrace should not be made public, so why did this person keep exposing himself and making fun of himself?

But he soon understood, because Tu Shanfang changed the subject:

"But it was different this time. My mother wouldn't open the door, so I threw silver coins into the window. Every time I threw a coin, it made a sound. When I threw the tenth coin, the door opened and they took me in."

It turns out that the main theme is to first suppress and then praise, and Fan Shuang couldn't help laughing.

Ten taels of silver were enough for a family of six in the Golden Plains to live comfortably for a whole year.

"When I took out the fifteenth ingot, my wife also smiled at me; when I took out the twentieth ingot and bought a lot of candies and snacks for the kids, the three kids all circled around me, and their mother refused to go back no matter how she called them." Tu Shanfang grinned, "At first my wife thought I had robbed some high-ranking official to get the silver, but when she heard that I earned it in the Black Armor Army, and earned it honestly, she smiled at me that night, and even made me water for washing my feet, saying that she wanted to serve the Dragon God's warriors. Oh, I don't know if there will be a fourth child in the family when I go back next year."

Seeing his evil smile, Fan Shuang raised her hand and ordered another plate of frozen pears before asking, "How much silver did Brother Tu take back?"

Tu Shanfang lowered his voice, but everyone in the hall could hear: "One hundred and seventy taels!"

Fan Shuang was shocked: "Wow, that's a lot!"

How many people has this guy killed during his more than one year of military service?

"I said, we only do three things in the army: eating, training, and killing! They just said 'wow', with a look of admiration on their faces. Anyway, no matter what I said, they stretched their necks to listen, and even treated me to drinks for a whole day!"

Seeing his rosy face, Fan Shuang knew that must be the highlight moment of his life.

"Two families bullied my family when I was away. When I arrived that day, they fell to their knees. The kid who scolded my son was tied up by his father. In front of me, his father beat his son with a broom until his face was covered in blood, scolding him as he beat him, to vent my anger."

For the first half of his life, he was regarded as a waste by his entire family, the entire clan, and the entire village. He was a hopeless piece of mud, a rotten person who was better off dead than alive. Suddenly, he was able to hold his head high and become famous for his military exploits. Fan Shuang could only imagine the turnaround and the sense of complacency he felt, but could never truly experience it.

"And the third day?"

"I left on the third day and returned to the team to rush to the next battlefield."

It’s my birthday today, so I went out for a big meal at noon.